For developers
Focus tracking for Software Developers on Mac
Most developers go home convinced they were either very productive or totally useless, and they’re rarely sure which. Focus Meter turns the day into a chart you can actually read: real editor time vs Slack vs browser vs meetings.
What productive looks like
- VS Code, Xcode, or JetBrains IDE frontmost
- Terminal / iTerm2 / Warp active
- github.com in an active browser tab
- Linear or Jira open during planning
Common distraction patterns
- Tab-checking cycle: editor → Slack → Twitter → editor, repeated every 8 minutes
- Stack Overflow rabbit holes that become YouTube rabbit holes
- Very long Slack sessions that feel like “work” but yield zero commits
How Focus Meter helps
Pair VS Code time + Terminal time + GitHub URL time and you have a surprisingly honest “wrote code” signal. Seeing Slack and browser time on the same chart makes context-switching impossible to ignore. Because Focus Meter is on-device only, no employer or vendor ever sees this data.
Sample Focus Meter breakdown
| App / Site | How to think about it |
|---|---|
| VS Code / Xcode | Core coding — usually your biggest productive bar. |
| Terminal | Build, run, deploy — productive by default. |
| GitHub (URL) | PR review and issue triage. |
| Slack | Neutral by default — flip to distracting if you want it against your score. |
| YouTube / Reddit (URLs) | Distracting — counts against your focus score. |
Built for developers on a Mac.
$19 once. No cloud. No account. Track a week and see where your hours actually went.
